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Follow the author. The Dark Side of Modernity Paperback – 18 Jan. 2013. In this book, one of the world’s leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition, but also as ideology ...
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Buy The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered: Democratic Culture, Professional Codes, Digital Future by Alexander, Jeffrey C. (ISBN: 9781107448513) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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May 12, 2011 · Remembering the Holocaust explains why the Holocaust has come to be considered the central event of the 20th century, and what this means. Presenting Jeffrey Alexander's controversial essay that, in the words of Geoffrey Hartman, has already become a classic in the Holocaust literature, and following up with challenging and equally provocative responses to it, this book offers a sweeping ...
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Jeffrey Alexander writes about modernity as historical time and social condition, but also as ideology and utopia. The idea of modernity embodies the Enlightenment’s noble hopes for progress and rationality, but its reality brings great suffering and exposes the destructive impulses that continue to motivate humankind.
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Although this book stakes out new ground, in Action and Its Environments Alexander exhibits the same combination of insight and forceful argument that have won his earlier work high acclaim. Preface. Acknowledgments. IntroductionPart I: The Problem Stated. One: Social-Structural Analysis: Presuppositions, Ideologies, Empirical DebatesPart II ...
Jeffrey C. Alexander's masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox of modern life. Feelings for others--the solidarity that is ignored or underplayed by theories of power or self-interest--are at the heart of this novel inquiry into the meeting place between normative theories of what we think we should do and empirical ...
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Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity by Jeffrey C. Alexander (2004-03-22) Middle English edition by Jeffrey C. Alexander;Ron Eyerman;Bernard Giesen;Neil J. Smelser;Piotr Sztompka 4.8 out of 5 stars
